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Thursday Bird Droppings: Where at least one Oriole needs to lose weight

One ESPN writer tells us what we already knew: that the 1969-73 Orioles were the greatest defensive team ever. Plus, a memory of Cal's 2131 homer, a former closer's brewery, and one Oriole needs to lose some weight.

Hello, friends.

There are now 67 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day. This happens to be the same number as was worn by the immortal Ed Rogers in the 2005 season. Rogers, unless I'm getting my random crap-era O's mixed up, is the guy who once lost a live baseball inside of his jersey, which is the kind of thing that really seems like it would take some work to accomplish, so let's salute a guy for that kind of dedication to his craft.